ALSO enables Managed Service Providers, Independent Software Vendors, and partners to focus their operational efforts on their core strengths. With the ALSO Cloud Management Service offer, we complement the expertise of our partners and ultimately helps them grow their Microsoft Azure cloud provision.
The Service
ALSO Cloud Management Service provision relates to operations management in the Microsoft Azure environment. That’s when your customers’ data is already in the cloud, and you’d like to offer services like automation, recovery, configuration, monitoring, and identity management, to name but a few. Many customers expect these tasks to be managed by their partners. ALSO lets you provide these services even if they are not part of your core competencies.
The service follows a top-down approach to customer Cloud solutions. From the general definition of Business solutions running in the cloud to the Azure components. Solutions can consist of any combination of Azure Platform as a Service (PaaS), Azure Software as a Service (SaaS) as well as Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) resources. The service adds insight into customers’ Cloud setup with monitoring, enhances the security posture of Azure Platform by patching virtual machines in Azure, and increases reliability by configuring and monitoring the backup of services in Azure.
Win-win
If you’re an existing managed service provider or ISV, ALSO expertise can help you scale your business by allowing you to allocate your resources more efficiently. For new Managed Service Providers, we support you by covering competencies you may not yet have within your team and for ISVs, we support you by covering operational tasks. In both scenarios we handle the service provision; you handle the sales and account management. Win-win!